MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.99% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	31.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '18 at 20:53
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	57.1% Above average	Memory 79 1-Core 55 2-Core 96.6 50% 76.9 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 298 30% 245 Pts	64-Core 313 19% 313 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% XFX(1682 2990) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	5.99% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 6.04 Parallax 8.31 6% 7.12 fps	MRender 6.52 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 9.09 6% 7.8 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 5.99% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 19654202 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 71631464573760 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1527 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 118 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 41 60132229150 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 60132229150 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19654202 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19654202 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19654202 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10242 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9293 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9293 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5747	31.5% Below average	Read 163 Write 78.2 Mixed 76.4 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 9.57 56% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 79.8 DQ Write 87.2 DQ Mixed 24.2 35% 63.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 79GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56040778 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1958 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 80108748 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6613 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1605 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098373 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 232 (BE) vendor-specific 63 42 181027536933 (C2) HDA temperature 37 58 55834574885 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 24 56040778 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -109586090551035 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4149583270 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2507544582	37.6% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 67.3 Mixed 63.5 49% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.37 81% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 2000 C9 3x4GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.8% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 9.7 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 8.2 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

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Value: 79% - Very good

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16